Where does “rûniştvan” come from?

rûniştvan (Northern Kurdish) comes from Northern Kurdish -van, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

rûniştvan (Northern Kurdish): inhabitant, dweller

Definitions

  1. inhabitant, dweller

Ancestry of “rûniştvan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Kurdish-vanused to form nouns denoting someone who is an expert in an area or who takes part in an activity: -man, -er, -ist
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Northern Kurdish -van →